[chipski]

Best of series : start time thurs may 22nd - may 25th
NL:
phils 2 at 2 astros > split series , phils won game 1 + 4 (kendrick , hamels)

reds 2 at 2 padres > split series , pads won game 1 + 4 (wolf , maddux) won in 18 inn sun

dbacks 1 at 3 braves > dbacks won game 3 (owings) ariz goes from world beaters to this

brew 2 at 2 nats > split series , brew won game 2 + 4 (mcclung , sheets)

cubs 1 at 2 pirates > cubs won game 1 (zambrano) cubs gave first 2 games away , wood bs and soriano dropping last out of the game

giants 1 at 2 marlins > ginats won game 1 (zito) say it aint so ! m's swept dh on sun

mets 1 at 2 rockies > mets won game 2 (vargas) struggle struggle

cards 2 at 1 dodgers > dodgers avoid sweep won game 3 (kershaw) his 1st start but they win but cant win with twos vets in lowe and penny
AL:
royals 0 at 4 bjays > bjays sweep the dead royals 4 - 0

rangers 2 at 1 indians > tribe won game 2 (lee) struggle struggle

twins 2 at 1 tigers > tigers won game 2 in blowout 19 - 3 (robertson) struggle struggle

mariners 0 at 3 yanks > yanks sweep 3 - 0

o's 0 at 3 drays > drays sweep 3 - 0 new sheriff in town at present

angels 2 at 1 wsox > wsox avoid sweep on espn sun night won game 3 (contreras)

rsox 0 at 3 a's > a's sweep 3 - 0 SAY IT AINT SO ! funny how ez it looks after we see the score , rsox have bad away record and they lose 3 in a row on the road . amazing

so , here we are on a friday morning . this is not the last friday in may , is the next to the last friday in may 08 . what does that mean ? heck if i know . gurgle gurgle .
okay , so , which of these teams that is hot will continue to win in this set ?

how are the teams coming into the series , what have they been doing :
will give each team record in last 7 games as well as .... I will do the nl .

cubs at pirates
cubs are 4 - 3 in their last 7 . coming in on 2 game losing streak . 4th game of 6 game roadie .
pirates 3 - 4 in last 7 . coming in winning previous game , broke 3 game losing streak by avoiding sweep at home against brew yesterday . 4th home game of 6 game homestand .

giants at marlins
giants 2 - 5 in last 7 . coming in on 2 game win streak . is 4th game of 9 game road trip
marlins 4 - 3 last 7 . coming in on 3 game win streak just sweeping ariz in fla . is 7th game of 9 game homestand .

dbacks at braves
dbacks 3 - 4 in last 7 . coming in on 3 game losing streak . just were swept 3 in fla .
braves 6 - 1 in last 7 games . coming in on a 5 game win streak . 7 - 3 in last 10 . braves are 20 - 5 at home and have best home record in mlb right now .
dbacks own the recent trend in this matchup at 10 - 3 dback domination over atl . 6 of 7 when they play in atl , in years past though , so ..

brew at nats
brew 2 - 5 in last 7 games . coming in losers of their last game , won games 1 and 2 at pitt , then pitt avoided sweep by beating them yesterday . before that series at pitt the brew had lost 5 in a row .
nats 3 - 4 in last 7 games . coming in on a 2 game losing streak . hard to figure out this team really . just when you think you have a good one , you can get beat by the nats , scary .

phils at astros
4 - 3 in last 7 games . coming in on 3 game win streak . this is 4 game series and phils beat the astros best pitcher in game 1 . this is the 5th road game of phils 7 game road trip .
astros 3 - 4 in last 7 . lost game 1 of 4 game yesterday to phils . won games 2 and 3 of a 3 game at the cubs before this series and were the hottest thing going there in may for a bit .

mets at rockies
mets 2 - 5 in last 7 games . on a 4 game losing streak at the hands of atl . before that dip they won 2 of 3 at the yanks . this is the mets 7th road game of a 9 game road trip . will they start to get some breaks in col and do okay in this set ? hmm
rocks 3 - 4 in last 7 games . coming in on a 2 game losing streak at the hands of the g-men . rocks had won 3 in a row before the 2 game slide . this is the rocks 7th home game of a 9 game homestand .

reds at padres
reds 3 - 4 in last 7 .this is a 4 game series they dropped game 1 last night . coming into this game tonight on a 4 game losing streak . were swept at the dodgers after they had won 6 in a row at home on a 6 game homestand .
a feat they last pulled off back in 1995 , the last time they made the postseason .
padres 3 - 4 in last 7 . beat cinn last night in an unexpected outburst . have worst record in mlb right now i think .

card at dodgers
cards 4 - 3 in last 7 . coming in winners of 1 in a row , have won 4 of their last 5 games .
cards averaging 5.9 runs their last 7 games . cards own the trend beating la silly 6 - 1 in la and 10 - 3 overall in recent ...again , is the past , but , there it is .
is 4th game of 6 game road trip for stl .
dodgers 5 - 2 last 7 . coming in on a 3 game winning streak just sweeping cinn in la . this is the 4th home game of 6 game homestand .

add : using the 4/3 result in the american leauge for friday night may 23rd , this is my 5th stab :
palray #5 using 4/3 > indians , tigers , wsox , bjays , mariners +1.5 , o's +1.5 , rsox +1.5

(6) 4/3 > indians , tigers , bjays , a's , mariners +1.5 , o's +1.5 , angels +1.5

(7)using the 4/3 dogs edge > indians , tigers , a's , mariners +1.5 , royals +1.5 , o's +1.5 , angels +1.5

(8) using the 5/2 favs > indians , tigers , yanks , royals +1.5 , drays , wsox , rsox +1.5

(9) 5/2 > indians , tigers , yanks , royals +1.5 , o's +1.5 , wsox , a's

(10) 4/3 > rangers +1.5 , twins +1.5 , yanks , bjays , drays , wsox , rsox +1.5

(11) 5/2 tweak it with an over > indians , tigers , yanks , royals +1.5 , drays over 8.5 , angels +1.5 , a's

results sat morn : the result was 4/3 favs way but i got creamed . tigs and indians was pretty bad , nice way to open up a series at home huh . should i go right back with them for sat and make this strategy cash . maybe i will . i am feelin it .